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This is 12-29-1716 baptism of my 6th great grandmother Maria Josepha de Alanis in Monterrey, Nuevo Leon, Mexico. This document indicates that her parents are Lorenzo de Alanis and Faviana Rodriguez. Her godparents were Antonio de Olivares and Ana Rodriguez.
Maria grows up to marry Nicolas Marroquin in October 17, 1734 the son of Nicolas Marroquin and Francisca Montemayor Rodriguez.…
July 28, 2016 by Moises GarzaLeave a reply

This is the November 1, 1699 baptism of my 7th great grandmother Maria Ysabel Juana Guajardo in Monterrey, Nuevo Leon, Mexico. Her parents are Joseph Martinez Guajardo and Margarita Gutierrez.
This document indicates that her godparents were Juan Chapa and Maria Mungia.
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Isabel Espanola
En primero…
April 5, 2016 by Moises GarzaLeave a reply

This is the January 29, 1713 baptism of my 7th great grandmother Maria Ana Josefa de la Garza in Monterrey, Nuevo Leon, Mexico. The entry does not have a date but it states “En este mes y ano” meaning on this date and year and referencing the previous entry witch is dated January 29, 1713.
Her parents are listed as…
March 29, 2016 by Moises GarzaLeave a reply

This is the August 31, 1608 baptism of my 10th great grandfather Alonso de Leon in Mexico City, Mexico. This document indicates that his parents are Lorenzo Perez and Adriana de Leon. I want to thank Emma Montemayor for posting information about this document and clarifying that the one that originally found it was Don Israel Cavazos Garza back in…
November 17, 2015 by Moises GarzaLeave a reply

This is the April 22, 1740 baptism of my 6th Great Grandmother Maria Guadalupe Garcia in Mier, Tamaulipas, Mexico. Yup I finally found it, if you can recall from one of my previous posts “I just Deleted Two Ancestors“. I had problems locating her baptism since the information that I had, had her sisters baptism date instead. That is why…
June 30, 2015 by Moises GarzaLeave a reply

This is the September 3 1735 baptism of my 5th great grandfather Joseph Ascencio Marroquin in Monterrey, Nuevo Leon, Mexico. This document indicates that his parents are Nicolas Marroquin and Josepha Alanis. It also indicates that his godfather was Santiago de Trevino and states that he was 19 days old at the time of the baptism thus providing me with…
June 11, 2015 by Moises Garza2 Replies

I could not locate the 1713 baptism of my 6th great grandmother Maria Petronila Cantu Flores. Eventhough FamilySearch had indexed her record I could not locate it. Last week I made a blog post about it titled “The Search for 1713 Baptism of Maria Petronila Cantu in Monterrey, Nuevo Leon, Mexico“. I had the date of June 28 1713 but…
May 18, 2015 by Moises Garza2 Replies

Maria Petra Cantu is my 6th great grandmother through my maternal side. The other day I was looking for her baptism record so that I could share if with you but I came across a problem. As you are already well aware of researching our ancestors can some times be very easy and some times it can be very difficult.…
May 13, 2015 by Moises Garza8 Replies

This is the 1707 baptism of my 7th great grandmother Ana Catarina Rodriguez de Montemayor in Monterrey, Nuevo Leon, Mexico. Her parents are listed as Nicolas Rodrigues and Thomasina Ruiz. Her God parents are listed as Nicolas de la Se[?] and Maria de la Serna. I obtained the necessary clue to find this document form Crispin Rendon. If you are…
May 6, 2015 by Moises Garza2 Replies

This is the baptism of my 7th great grandfather Diego de Hinojosa, it was recorded in Monterrey, Nuevo Leon, Mexico back in December 8, 1697. Even-though it was recorded in Monterrey the baptism record indicates that he was baptized at the church located in the town of Tlascala that belongs to that Jurisdiction. It is also mentioned that he was…
January 7, 2015 by Moises GarzaLeave a reply